Joe recently
had a business conference (medical community/IT) in California. It was one of
those invitations that said they would pay his airfare, hotel, and food
accommodations if he came but if he did not come, his company would be
charged. Hmm. Sounds kinda like blackmail to me. But who can refuse a trip invitation to sunny California in November?
Accepting an invitation to go on a trip with Joe and the baby was easy, preparing eight people's laundry, packing, cleaning the house, and leaving meals while we were gone, was NOT!
We flew Allegiant Airlines out of Provo Airport to LAX! (While we have traveled with many babies, the unique part this time was traveling with a crawling baby, a breast pump, and frozen/fresh breast-milk through TSA.)
After pulling another all nighter, I was thankful to be on the road towards the nearby (tiny) airport. It was quite a chilly morning (sunny but below freezing outside).
After pulling another all nighter, I was thankful to be on the road towards the nearby (tiny) airport. It was quite a chilly morning (sunny but below freezing outside).
Sitting at the terminal/gate at Provo Airport:
A (very) short nap on board.
Cuddle bug loves to be held to sleep.
Cuddle bug loves to be held to sleep.
Ahh. An early reader. College by 2?
In
Los Angelos, we rented a Kia Optima and drove a couple of hours into the desert past
Palm Springs to La Quinta. (I know you might be thinking what I was
thinking originally--all this fuss for an economy hotel? No, we went to
the original La Quinta Resort now owned by Waldorff/Astoria Hilton
Corp. It was so popular as a respite for the Hollywood and Beverly Hills
Stars that they named the city after the hotel. This has only happened
twice in California's history...The first time it was Beverly Hills--also after
the Hotel.)
We
pulled into the gated resort in the city La Quinta and discovered a
flowering paradise (complete with a small army of staff who tend the burgeoning citrus tress, waterfalls, pools, and small "casitas")
You might also be wondering, "what does La Quinta mean?" aside from the feminine form of the numeral five.
[According to the web site of the city of La Quinta the
name is archaic. It refers to a type of hacienda or rest-stop reached
every five days on a long journey.] Others suggested it means a garden and home plot, similar to a plantation.
Source: http://www.laquintachamberofcommerce.com...
Lunch stop where little guy tries a curly fry.
This was our "block" of the hotel.
Yea. No more carseats!
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